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Table of Contents
ii Basler A500k Series
PRELIMINARY
3.3.2 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
3.3.2.1 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . 3-12
3.3.2.2 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Synchronous/Asynchronous Timing
3-13
3.3.2.3 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . 3-14
3.3.2.4 ExSync, Level-controlled Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . 3-15
3.3.3 ExSync, Programmable Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3.3.3.1 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . . 3-17
3.3.3.2 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Synchronous/Asynchronous Timing 3-
18
3.3.3.3 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . 3-19
3.3.3.4 ExSync, Programmable Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . 3-20
3.3.4 Free-run Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.3.4.1 Free-run Mode with Asynchronous Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
3.3.4.2 Free-run Mode with Synchronous / Asynchronous Timing . . . . . . 3-22
3.3.4.3 Free-run Mode with Synchronous Timing 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
3.3.4.4 Free-run Mode with Synchronous Timing 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
3.3.5 Free-run VGA Mode (A504k/kc Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
3.4 Long Exposure Compensation (A504k/kc Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
3.5 Max Exposure Time at Max Speed (A504k/kc Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
3.6 Color Creation in the A504kc and A501kc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
3.7 Gain and Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
3.7.1 Gain Settings in More Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3.7.2 Offset Settings in More Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
3.8 Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
3.8.1 How Digital Shift Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
3.8.2 Precautions When Using Digital Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
3.9 Area of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
3.9.1 Changes to the Maximum Frame Rate with Area of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
3.9.2 Dynamic Area of Interest (A504k/kc Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
3.9.3 Area of Interest Stamp (A504k/kc Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
3.9.4 Area of Interest with the VGA Monitor Output (A504k/kc only) . . . . . . . . . 3-37
3.10 Test Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
3.10.1 Gray Scale Test Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
3.10.2 Color Test Image (A504kc and A501kc Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
3.10.3 Running Line Test Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
3.10.4 White Screen Test Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
3.11 Configuration Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
3.12 Camera Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
4 Configuring the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1 Configuring the Camera with the Camera
Configuration Tool Plus (CCT+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.1 Opening the Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.2 Closing the Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.1.3 Configuration Tool Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.1.4 Configuration Tool Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2 Configuring the Camera with Binary
Programming Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
4.2.1 Command Frame and Response Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.2.2 Error Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.1 ACK/NAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.2 Time-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.2.2.3 Read Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

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Basler A504k Specifications

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BrandBasler
ModelA504k
CategorySecurity Camera
LanguageEnglish

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